Patrick Administration Refuses to Release Tsarnaev Brothers’ Records

The Patrick administration clamped down the lid yesterday on Herald requests for details of Tamerlan Tsarnaevâ€™s government benefits, citing the dead terror mastermindâ€™s right to privacy.

Across the board, state agencies flatly refused to provide information about the taxpayer-funded lifestyle for the 26-year-old man and his brother and accused accomplice Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.

On EBT card status or spending, state welfare spokesman Alec Loftus would only say Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife and 3-year-old daughter received benefits that ended in 2012. He declined further comment.